High School Sports

SCOTTS VALLEY—Aptos High senior pitcher Ada Neu recorded 12 strikeouts in seven innings to help the Mariners softball team to a 4-3 win against Scotts Valley in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League action Thursday. She gave up four hits and three unearned runs. Neu batted...

APTOS—It’s typically difficult to identify an MVP-type caliber soccer player when they primarily play in the defensive backfield and it’s the attackers producing all of the highlight reels with the goals and assists. Aptos High senior defensive midfielder Summer Jacob recorded just one goal and...

WATSONVILLE—The Monte Vista Christian football team last week began its quest for a Pacific Coast Athletic League title.  However, the journey to league supremacy took a snag for the Mustangs following a 50-29 loss to Monterey High in Mission Division action on Sept. 22.  For sophomore...

ROCKLIN—For a minute, it almost felt like Watsonville High senior center back Lombardo Flores was on the verge of orchestrating a miraculous comeback for the boys’ soccer team Saturday.  He scored a late goal in the California Interscholastic Federation Northern California Regionals Division I title...

Watsonville High junior Katelynn Ruiz and several other local athletes are set to compete in this weekend’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships in Gilroy.   The Wildcatz standout distance runner advanced in the 3200-meters finals after she finished in 11 minutes, 30.11 seconds during...

St. Francis High girls’ volleyball team has returned to the Central Coast Section playoffs for the first time in seven years.  Senior middle blocker Carley Anderson had 10 kills to help lift the Sharks past Rancho San Juan High in four sets 10-25, 25-21, 25-17,...

The dress rehearsal stage of the 2024-25 season is over for the Aptos girls’ soccer team.  After further review, most of the critics would probably agree they are lined up to be one of the premiere squads in the Central Coast Section. The Mariners are coming...

WATSONVILLE— The Saint Francis High boys’ soccer team struggled throughout the preseason to barely get just enough players on the pitch to begin a match. It’s been quite the challenge for Sharks’ first-year coach Valentin Barrelleza, who saw roster numbers reduced to as little as...

Transitioning from one sport to another can be a daunting task for some student-athletes, especially this late in the school year. That didn’t seem to be the case for Aptos High junior Jackson Bloom after he went from driving a basketball down the court to...

The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team clinched at least a share of the Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division title following a 0-0 draw against Gonzales on Thursday night.  Senior forward Diego Guillen and junior defender Damian Moreno each came the closest to breaking the...